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onanyaccountbeersuadedtosinginthedrawing-room,oreveninthebath,willwithouthesitationulifttheirtunelessvoicesatreligiousmeetingsorinchurch。Thereisaerfectlygoodandhonorableexlanationofthis,Ibelieve,butitbelongstotherealmofmetahysicsandisbeyondmyresentscoe。
Thiscursedbelief,thatifathingisworthdoingatall,itisworthdoingwell,isthecauseofagreatimoverishmentinourrivatelife,andalso,tosomeextent,oftheloweringofstandardsinourubliclife。Forthistenetofroverbialfaithhastwoeffectsonsmalltalents:itleadsmodestersonsnottoexercisethematall,andimmodestersonstoattemttodosotoomuchandtoforcethemselvesuontheublic。Itleadstothedecayofletter-writingandofthekeeingofdiaries,and,assurely,itleadstotheublicationofmemoirsanddiariesthatshouldremainlockedinthewritersdesks。
ItleadsMr。Blanknottowriteversesatall—whichhemightverywelldo,forthesakeofhisownhainess,andfortheamusementofhisfriends—anditleadsMissDashtoestertheoverworkededitorsofvariousjournalswithherunsuccessfulimitationsofMr。delaMare,Mr。Yeats,andDr。Br